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The Need for a ‘Moderate Flank’ in Climate Activism
Rupert Read and Joseph Eastoe consider the limits of Extinction Rebellion’s radical growth and outline why organisations with greater public appeal, capable of putting significant pressure on politicians, are now needed to capitalise on its success
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Colston Reconfigured: A Fulcrum for Future Understanding
Hannah Charlton explores what the journey of the statue of a Bristol slavetrader is revealing about the wider historical moment the country finds itself in
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Police Chiefs’ Phone Records Deleted after Contact with Priti Patel over Extinction Rebellion Murdoch Blockade
A phone update and an ‘IT glitch’ caused the records to be deleted, a court heard today
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Forever Young: Reflections on Bob Dylan at 80
Heidi Siegmund Cuda celebrates the proto-punk’s protest songs as epic short stories painting a history of radical anti-war, anti-establishment America
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Priti Patel Lobbied Chief Constable to End Extinction Rebellion Murdoch Blockade, Court Hears
The Home Secretary personally intervened in an effort to stop a climate change protest at a print works owned by the right-wing media mogul, a court heard today
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Police Scotland Free Home Office Border Force Detainees in Kenmure Street Stand-Off
James Doleman witnessed an extraordinary confrontation in Glasgow between Border Force officials and a spontaneous local protest
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BBC’s ‘Three Families’ Shows How the Fight For Abortion Rights in the UK Continues
A primetime drama about abortion in Northern Ireland shows that there is more work to be done to protect a woman’s right to choose in the UK, Sian Norris argues
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‘Depths and Depths of Dysfunction’: Are Universities Failing to Tackle Sexual Assault?
Sian Norris speaks to protestors in Warwick who are demanding that their university takes action on sexual assault – but is the sector as a whole failing to protect women students?
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The Upside Down: The Cobbett Conundrum
John Mitchinson explores the problematic legacy of one of the founding fathers of English radicalism
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‘Uncomfortable Conversations’ Need to be had About Why Murder of Two Black Sisters ‘Hardly Made the News’, Says MP
Dawn Butler spoke to Hardeep Matharu about why the culture of policing and its interaction with race must become part of the wider conversations being had around women’s rights and criminal justice
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Meet the Campaigner Taking on the World’s Biggest Porn Platform
Laila Mickelwait says that the company allowed content featuring child sexual abuse and trafficking – and wants executives to be held to account
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Why is Sarah Everard’s Murder a Tipping Point?
Hardeep Matharu explores how the tragedy of Sarah Everard’s death has captured public attention in a way many other killings of women have not – and the questions this raises for us all
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Anti-Lockdown Activists Co-Opt Vigils Against Male Violence
Footage from Saturday’s vigil for women threatened on the streets and Sunday’s protest appear to show anti-lockdown campaigners pushing their own agenda, Sian Norris reports
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Peaceful Protests have Shaped Democracy – We Must Do Everything we can to Protect Them
With a Government crackdown on protests to be voted on imminently, frontline NHS doctor Meenal Viz explores how powerful taking a stand can be in speaking truth to power and enacting change
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How Much Longer Can Women Live Like This?
In response to the news that a police officer has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Sarah Everard, Sian Norris reflects on why women have responded with such sadness and rage
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IWD 2021: The Global Anti-Rights Networks Behind Madrid’s Anti-Feminist Rally
A virtual protest organised by Spain’s Women Of The World Platform is part of a global assault on women’s and LGBTIQ rights, reports Sian Norris
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IWD 2021: Corporate Supporters of International Women’s Day Fail to Deliver Equal Pay
Data analysed by Byline Times reveals that firms supporting the International Women’s Day campaign have gender pay gaps of between 10-38%, Sian Norris reports
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IWD 2021: Radical Feminists and Radical Right Form Unlikely Alliance on International Women’s Day
A protest march to Washington D.C. will bring together radical feminists and activists linked to anti-abortion groups in protest of LGBTIQ rights, reports Sian Norris
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Why the Plight of India’s Farmers Should be a British Cause Too
Minreet Kaur speaks to those living in Britain, with land and families in India, about the impact of the Modi Government’s controversial agricultural reforms on them
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Who is Free Speech For? Network of Alt-Right Activists Target Anti-Racist Campaigner Over Tweet
As a new free speech digital platform launches today, Sian Norris and Nafeez Ahmed investigate how its editor is part of a network attacking anti-racist activists
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Art and Violence: Technology and Domination: Futurism and Fascism
Chris Sullivan looks back at the role of painters and writers who co-opted 1930s technology and modernity to espouse far-right ideas
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Anti-Abortion Protestors Return to UK Streets for Lent
40 Days For Life will spend Lent protesting at abortion clinics, adding urgency to legal changes to protect women’s reproductive rights, reports Sian Norris
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GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
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‘A Completely Unnecessary Vanity Project’: The HS2 Protestors Digging In for the Climate
Stuart Spray speaks to the HS2 Rebellion activists underground at Euston Square Gardens
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The Most Fitting Memorial to the Formidable Captain Tom would be for the Government to Properly Fund the NHS
Otto English argues that a 100-year-old man with great integrity and humility was weaponised by Boris Johnson for his own unedifying ends
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‘Many People Feel Bewildered and Powerless’: Ex-Chief Prosecutor Launches Legal Campaign to Uncover Truth Behind Government’s COVID-19 Failures
A leading lawyer is seeking justice for the mistakes of Boris Johnson’s administration
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Haggling for Post-Brexit Deals, the UK is Reneging on its Pledge to Sanction Human Rights Abusers
The UK is failing in its moral commitment to tackle foreign repression, says Carole Concha Bell
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An Important Victory in the Campaign Against Home Office’s Hostile Environment Secrecy
Shahed Ezaydi reports on a legal ruling that has exposed the department’s attempts to shield information from journalists and campaigners
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HSBC ‘Aided One of World’s Biggest Crackdowns on Democracy’, MPs Tell Banker
The British bank’s bosses struggled to defend its record of being complicit in China’s crackdown in Hong Kong, reports Steve Shaw
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Special Report: “Putin is a Thief” – the Russian People Rise Up
From the Far East to St Petersburg, Zarina Zabrisky documents the unprecedented demonstrations in Russia and talks to protestors about their demands
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‘The World Belongs to Whoever Brings Enough Children Into It’: Backlash Against LGBTIQ Rights in Hungary Continues
Viktor Orbán’s latest attacks on the LGBTIQ community are part of a much wider populist assault on women and minority groups, reports Sian Norris
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The Storming of the Capitol – Part Two: The Finale of the Sixties
A crucial historical explanation for the imaginative rage of Donald Trump’s militant army lies in the Vietnam War generation, argues Anthony Barnett
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The Storming of the Capitol – Part One: Trump’s Red Guards
In the first part of a series of analyses, Anthony Barnett looks at how the Chinese Communist Party is weaponising the Washington insurrection to defend its suppression of Hong Kong
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‘The Darkest Time Is To Come’: Veteran Activist Sees Bleak Future Ahead for Hong Kong
In an exclusive interview with Byline Times, Lee-Cheuk Yan discusses comparisons between the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 and recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and its future under Beijing’s National Security Law
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Haiti’s Embezzled Billions: The Revolt Against the President’s ‘State Terrorism’
Carole Concha Bell reports on protests in Haiti against corruption, which have been violently repressed
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‘Authoritarian But Stable’: The Role of Western Governments in Derailing the Arab Spring
The second part of Jonathan Fenton-Harvey’s assessment of the Arab Spring explores how the lives of people living in the region could still be improved with the help of a West committed to democratic reform
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How The Arab Spring Was Never Allowed to Succeed
Ten years on from its origin in Tunisia, Jonathan Fenton Harvey assesses the chequered fate of the uprisings against autocrats in Egypt, Libya and Syria
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Uprising to Rising Up: The Education of Alex Wheatle
Bryan Knight speaks to Alex Wheatle, whose life was recently brought to television screens by Steve McQueen in the BBC’s Small Axe series
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Book Burning: Library Cuts Are an Affront to Democracy
Maheen Behrana reflects on the harsh austerity imposed on libraries, and its impact on political consciousness
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Inside the Community Groups Providing a Lockdown Lifeline
Volunteers helping to supply food and support to vulnerable people during lockdown tell Gill Oliver and Anna Wagstaff how the social welfare system is failing
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Conflict in Ethiopia: Confronting the Effects of Empire
The war in Ethiopia should not be considered an isolated story but one that is inseparable from the global events of 2020, writes Yoseph Kiflie
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The Rubber Duck Protestors Taking on Thailand’s Untouchable State Power
Steve Shaw reports on the protests that have rocked Thailand by people wanting reforms of the influence held by the country’s monarchy
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Government Refuses to Condemn HSBC for ‘Colluding’ with China in Hong Kong
The British bank froze the accounts of people involved in Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy as leading activists are convicted of their roles in mass protests
